"Things never go the way you plan them, except in fantasies" - Mole
About 2/3 of the way through "The Ark Sakura," now. Some observations:
- I don't know if its changed tones, or if my perspective on it has changed, but this book's in full-on grim comedy mode now.
- It's reminding me a lot of "A Confederacy of Dunces," a book I liked a lot. Like in Dunces, the main character of "The Ark Sakura" is a hopeless, misanthropic and generally unlikeable slob. But where Dunces puleld its comedy from dark social satire on the peoples and attitudes of the south, this book seems more interested in the absurd.
- I like this book enough to finish it, but so far it isn't really blowing me away. There's no anchor to this book. All the characters are dirtbags, and the book is just full to the brim with this cynical, unfriendly atmosphere.
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